The spring craft shows are rapidly approaching and I’ve begun working on a few new pieces in preparation. The first piece is a coffee table that I’m calling the Tarantella. I’d settled on the physical design for this piece well over a month ago, but I wasn’t quite sure what woods to use. I decided that the legs would be black, which for me usually means using ash, and I wanted a top that would contrast well and really make the piece pop… read more on my Rocket Age Lighting blog.

I’ve seen lots of curved table legs, but now like yours. They are great looking and perfect compliment to your table top. I’ve been keeping a similar size pc of curly Bubinga for a coffee table that my wife wants me to make, but I could decide on what kind of legs for it. Now I do, thanx to you. All I have to now (chuckle) is to figure out how to make a coffee table, as furniture making is not my forte – carving is my passion. See more of your work soon?

-- LittlePAW - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

As for making the legs, there’s ally no magic there – it’s difficult to visualize, but not at all complicated to shape. It’s the same concept as cutting the rough shape of a cabriole leg on a bandsaw. You make the same curved cuts on adjacent faces. In this case I starting with stock that is 3-3/4” square, which allows for an extreme shape.